Access Restrictions

The Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia, 2.2-3705.5), Virginia Government Data Collection and Dissemination
Practices Act (Code of Virginia, 2.2-3800) and the Virginia Health Records Privacy Act (Code of Virginia, 32.1-172.1:03) establish
guidelines for restricting access to medical and other confidential forms of information in order to protect personal privacy.
Protected health information (PHI) as defined under the Privacy Regulations issued under the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA) includes, but is not limited to, personally identifiable information such as names, addresses,
and social security numbers. The Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia, 42.1-78) includes a provision for closing
all privacy protected information for 75 years from the date of creation. In accordance with this legislation, the Library
of Virginia can and will restrict, in whole or in part, access to any privacy protected medical information or any other confidential
information contained in these records

Restricted records in the Virginia Penitentiary collection may include but are not limited to: inmate medical records, inmate
punishment records, records with social security numbers, and privileged documents (attorney-client).

Alternative Form Available

Prisoner Registers and Indexes, 1865-1980, also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reels 5989-6004

Processing Information

The Virginia Penitentiary collection came to the Library of Virginia in multiple accessions over several decades. In many
cases, the original order of the material had been disturbed or was unidentifiable. In other instances, the provenance was
unclear and an educated guess was made as to which person or office created the records. Care was taken to maintain the original
order when possible, but for the most part, the arrangement of this collection is artificial. The series names and groupings
were devised by the processing archivist in an attempt to create logical divisions within this large collection. Cross-references
can be found in many series descriptions that will point the researcher to similar material in other series.

Additionally, separate box and volume numbering systems were imposed by the processing archivist for finding aid and stack
location identification purposes. The box and volume numbers should be used when requesting material, but are not always
in strict numerical order.

In December 1796 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation authorizing the construction of a penitentiary and providing
details on its design and operation. Governor James Wood (1796-1799) selected Benjamin Henry Latrobe as architect and Thomas
Callis as superintendent of the project. A twelve acre plot of land on the James River just outside of Richmond was purchased
and construction began in 1797.

The Virginia Penitentiary opened in 1800. Latrobe's design, while architecturally impressive, was functionally flawed. The
cells were large enough to hold several prisoners. However, the cell doors had no windows making it impossible to supervise
the prisoners. In addition, the cells had no heat, poor ventilation and no plumbing. Prisoners also had to eat in these
conditions since the penitentiary did not have a dining room. The penitentiary's day-to-day operation was overseen by a Keeper
(or Superintendent), appointed by the Governor for a one year term, and deputies appointed by the Keeper. A board of twelve
inspectors, appointed by the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, oversaw penitentiary operations. In 1819 the General
Assembly abolished the Board of Inspectors and created a five person Board of Directors (later reduced to three members)
who were appointed by the governor; the Keeper was still appointed by the governor. An 1852 act gave the General Assembly
the power to elect a superintendent for a two year term. The 1902 Constitution expanded the Board of Directors to five members
and empowered the Board, not the General Assembly, to select the Superintendent for a four year term.. In 1942 the Virginia
General Assembly created the Virginia Department of Corrections, consolidating the administration and regulation of all penal
and correctional intuitions under one agency lead by the Commissioner of Corrections. This new department was overseen by
a five member Board of Corrections. Corrections departments were merged into the Department of Welfare and Institutions by
a government reorganization act passed by the General Assembly in 1948. In 1974 the Department of Welfare and Institutions
was abolished and a new Department of Corrections was created.

Two of the most influential superintendents were Evan F. Morgan (1906-1909) and Rice M. Youell (1922-1942). In 1906 Morgan
established the State Convict Road Force to assist the new State Highway Commission build roads in Virginia. Beginning in
1908, all executions were centralized at the Virginia Penitentiary. Morgan oversaw the installation of the electric chair
and established procedures for executions. Youell was the longest serving of any superintendent at the Virginia Penitentiary.
He served as superintendent from 1922 to 1942. During this tenure he greatly expanded educational and vocational opportunities
for inmates. He successfully transitioned the Penitentiary's industries to meet the requirements of the federal Hawes-Cooper
Convict Labor Act of 1929. This legislation prohibited the interstate sale of prison goods and went into effect in 1934.
The General Assembly passed legislation in 1934 which established the state-use principle regarding prison products created
by convict labor. The law specified that prison industries should only produce items needed by state agencies or political
subdivisions. Youell was selected as the first Commissioner of Corrections in 1942. In 1948 he was named director of the
reorganized corrections division, a position he held until his retirement in 1960. Major Youell was elected president of
the American Prison Association in 1937 and president of the Southern States Prison Association in 1955.

Latrobe's original structure was torn down in 1928. The Virginia Penitentiary closed in December 1990 and was torn down in
1992.

The Penitentiary Papers series is housed in nine (9) boxes with oversized material separated out and is arranged into seven
(7) subseries. Subseries have been designated for: A. Penitentiary Construction Papers; B. Letters of Application and Recommendation
for Position of Penitentiary Keeper, Agent and Physician; C. Board of Inspectors and Visitors; D. Prisoners; E. Prison Conditions
and Investigations; and F. Penitentiary Financial Records. This series consists of accounts, affidavits, contracts, deeds,
letters (correspondence), minutes, muster rolls, petitions, plats, proceedings, reports and vouchers. This is an artificial
series consisting of extant pre-1865 Penitentiary related records. During the evacuation of Richmond in April 1865, Penitentiary
Superintendent Colin Bass carried off most of the penitentiary records and very few pre-1865 penitentiary records survive.
Many of the records in this series were removed at some point from other collections such as the Office of the Governor and
Auditor of Public Accounts. Additional records from the antebellum era related to the penitentiary may be found in the records
of the Auditor of Public Accounts, General Assembly (especially Legislative Petitions and Executive Communications) and Office
of the Governor. Published annual reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary as well as legislative reports on the Penitentiary
from the antebellum period can be found in the Journal of the House of Delegates [J87 v6].

Box 1 and Oversize Box 1.

Series I. Subseries A. Penitentiary Construction Papers, 1797-1799.

This subseries is housed in 11 folders and contains correspondence and records related to the construction of the Virginia
Penitentiary. Benjamin Henry Latrobe was named architect and Thomas Callis as superintendent of the project. Included is a survey of 12 acres in Henrico County and Richmond City for a penitentiary
site (30 March 1797) and a petition of eight Richmond inhabitants against the proposed location of the penitentiary (1797).
Thomas Callis also writes to Governor James Wood accepting appointment as superintendent of the project (16 April 1797).
Callis enters into a contract with Martin Mims to supply 600,000 bricks for the penitentiary (21 July 1797). Benjamin Latrobe's
correspondence with Governor Wood and the Council of State include offering his services for the penitentiary (25 January
1797) and acknowledgment of receipt of payment for his services (12 May 1797, 20 July 1797). Latrobe periodically reports
on topics including general progress report (6 July 1797), water supply and well shaft (13 July 1797, 19 October 1797 and
26 October 1797), brick work (15 July 1797, 19 July 1797 and 22 August 1797), state of the walls, arches, brick work and delivery
of materials (17 August 1797) and an estimate for the tunnel to carry water to the penitentiary and the number of bricks needed
to complete the building (29 September 1797). Latrobe also asks the Governor for permission to temporarily retain the book
of drawings for the penitentiary in order to copy them (5 October 1797). Additional Latrobe and Callis correspondence highlight
their dispute over John Shortis' bill for work on the penitentiary and their supervisory responsibilities. Latrobe provides
his account of the Shortis' conflict in letters to the Council of State (31 August 1797) and John Courtney (9 September 1797).
Latrobe also writes Callis and informs him of his plans to inform the Council of Callis' incapacity as Superintendent (26
August 1797) and Callis' reply (27 August 1797).

Box 1

Folder 1

Deed, Charles Boush and wife to Governor James Wood on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, recorded 18 July 1797 (tract
of land in Norfolk County, 10 acres, for Quarantine Hospital)

Box 1

Folder 2

Survey of 12 acres in Henrico County and Richmond City for Penitentiary site; land purchased from Thomas Rutherford,
30 March 1797.

Box 1

Folder 3

Petition by eight Richmond inhabitants against the proposed location of the Penitentiary,
1797.

Box 1

Folder 4

Letter, Thomas Eddy of New York to [Governor James Wood] regarding the penitentiary (see Oversize Box 1, Folder 1a),
23 April 1797.

Oversize Box 1

Folder 1a

Letter, Thomas Eddy of New York to [Governor James Wood] regarding the penitentiary,
23 April 1797.

Box 1

Folder 5

Letter, Thomas Callis to Governor James Wood, accepting appointment as Superintendent of the building of the penitentiary
house,
16 April 1797.

Box 1

Folder 6

Contract, Thomas Callis, state appointed "contractor", with Martin Mimms, the latter to lay 600,000 bricks in the gateway,
foundations, and cellar stories of the penitentiary,
21 July 1797.

Box 1

Folder 7

Letters written by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the penitentiary, regarding construction of same,
1797.

Box 1

Folder 8

Letters written by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, John Shortis, carpenter, and Thomas Callis, regarding the bill presented by Shortis
for work done on the penitentiary building,
1797.

Box 1

Folder 9

Correspondence regarding the cost and purchasing of materials for the penitentiary,
1797.

Box 1

Folder 10

Proposals and bids for construction work on the penitentiary building,
1797-1799.

Box 1

Folder 11

Account of work done on the penitentiary building,
1797-1798.

Boxes 1-2.

Series I. Subseries B. Letters of Application and Recommendation for Positions of Penitentiary Keeper, Agent and Physician,
1796-1797, 1812-1816 and 1819.

This subseries is housed in 23 folders and contains correspondence related to the appointment of Penitentiary Keeper, Agent
and Physician. During the antebellum years, the penitentiary keeper (later superintendent) was elected annually by the General
Assembly. Abraham Douglass, who had served since 1807, left the position in 1812 and William Campbell replaced him. Campbell
served until 1816 and was replaced by Samuel P. Parsons, a member of the Board of Inspectors. Records in this subseries include
letters of application for the positions of Keeper, Agent and Physician, and letters and petitions of support for individual
candidates sent to Governors James Barbour and Wilson Nicholas and members of the Council of State in 1812, 1813 and 1816.
Applicants for Penitentiary Keeper include: Richard Armstrong, Edward Cahill, Robert Courtney, Thomas Drake, John Kelso,
David Lewis, Joseph Mayo, Abijah Price, Ellis Puryear, Henry Shore, Lambert Smyth, Lewis Sowell, William D. Taylor, John Wright
and George Wyatt. Applicants for Penitentiary Agent include: James A. Campbell, Samuel S. Carter, Samuel Lemaine, Thomas
Staples, Philip Triplett and Stephen Woodson.

Box 1

Folder 12

Letters of application and recommendation for position of penitentiary keeper and agent,
1796-1797 and 1812-1813.

Box 1

Folder 13

Letters of application and recommendation for position of penitentiary keeper and agent,
1816.

Box 1

Folder 14

Letters of application and recommendation of Edward Cahill for position of superintendent keeper,
1812.

Box 1

Folder 15

Letters of application and recommendation of John Kelso for position of penitentiary keeper,
1812 and 1816.

Box 1

Folder 16

Letters of application and recommendation of David Lewis for position of penitentiary keeper,
1812 and 1816.

Box 1

Folder 17

Letters of application and recommendation of Abijah Price for position of penitentiary keeper,
1812.

Box 1

Folder 18

Letters of application and recommendation of Ellis Puryear for position of penitentiary keeper,
1812.

Box 1

Folder 19

Letters of application and recommendation of Henry Shore for position of penitentiary keeper,
1812 and 1816.

Box 1

Folder 20

Letters of application and recommendation of Lambert Smyth for position of penitentiary keeper,
1812.

Box 1

Folder 21

Letters of application and recommendation of Lewis Sowell for position of penitentiary keeper,
1812.

Box 1

Folder 22

Letters of recommendation of William D. Taylor for position of penitentiary keeper,
1812.

Box 1

Folder 23

Letters of recommendation and application of Samuel S. Carter for position of penitentiary agent,
1813.

Box 2

Folder 1

Letters of recommendation and application of Richard Armstrong for position of penitentiary keeper,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 2

Letters of recommendation and application of James A. Campbell for position of penitentiary agent,
1813, 1815 and 1816.

Box 2

Folder 3

Letters of recommendation of Captain Robert Courtney for position of penitentiary keeper,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 4

Letters of recommendation and application of Thomas Drake for position of penitentiary keeper,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 5

Letters of recommendation and application of Samuel Lemaine for position of penitentiary agent,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 6

Letters of recommendation and application of Joseph Mayo for positions of penitentiary agent and keeper,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 7

Letters of recommendation and application of Thomas Staples and Stephen Woodson for position of penitentiary agent,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 8

Letters of recommendation and application of Philip Triplett for position of penitentiary agent,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 9

Letters of recommendation and application of John Wright for position of penitentiary keeper,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 10

Letters of recommendation of George Wyatt for position of penitentiary keeper,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 11

Letters of application and recommendation for position of penitentiary physician,
1819.

Boxes 2-3.

Series I. Subseries C. Board of Inspectors and Visitors, 1800-1820.

This subseries is housed in 6 folders and 2 volumes and is arranged chronologically. The subseries contains letters of appointment
to the Board of Inspectors (1800-1801) and Board of Visitors (1807) and rough drafts of various proceedings and reports of
the Board of Visitors from 1807 to 1816. The most significant records are the proceedings of the Board of Inspectors from
25 April 1800 to 22 March 1803 that include descriptions of penitentiary conditions and the reports of the Board of Visitors
from 12 November 1807 to 20 November 1816. The Board of Visitors reports volume is indexed and includes reports of visits
to the penitentiary, lists of prisoners including name, crime and sentence, statements of articles manufactured at penitentiary,
accounts and pardon recommendations.

Box 2

Folder 12

Letters regarding appointments of the penitentiary inspectors and visitors,
1800-1801 and 1807.

Box 2

Folder 13

Board of Visitors, proceedings,
1807-1808.

Box 2

Folder 14

Board of Visitors, proceedings,
1809-1810.

Box 2

Folder 15

Board of Visitors, proceedings,
1814-1815.

Box 2

Folder 16

Board of Visitors, proceedings,
1816.

Box 2

Folder 17

Letters authorizing the penitentiary keeper to inspect other institutions for operational ideas,
1820.

Box 3

Volume - Board of Inspectors, Proceedings,
25 April 1800 to 22 March 1803.

Box 3

Volume - Board of Visitors, Reports,
12 November 1807 to 20 November 1816.

Box 4 and Oversize Box 1.

Series I. Subseries D. Prisoners, 1798-1820.

This subseries is housed in 5 folders and 1 oversize folder. Included are penitentiary prisoner lists for 1814, 1815 and
1820 and nd. The 1815 and 1820 lists only include the number of prisoners incarcerated by year. The 1814 and undated lists
are more detailed and list the name of prisoner, place of birth, court convicted at, crime, when received and length of sentence.
Other records include: petition of William Nash, a prisoner, to the Governor and Council of State, seeking a pardon (undated);
papers regarding a pardon sought by Thomas Johnson (1812-1813, 1815-1816); lists of prisoners offering to enlist in the army
in exchange for pardons (16, 18 September 1812); and Miscellaneous Papers: Report of escaped prisoner, James Monroe, 18 October
1798; Sentencing of five persons from Washington County to the Penitentiary for larceny, 10 October 1807; Property report
for William Norton, discharged prisoner, 28 April 1809; Conduct reports for three prisoners, William Bateman (13 June 1809)
and Henry and David Thacker (16 June 1809).

Box 4

Folder 1

Penitentiary prisoner lists,
1814, 1815, 1820 and undated.

Oversize Box 1

Folder 1b

Penitentiary prisoner lists,
1814, 1815 and 1820.

Box 4

Folder 2

Petition of William Nash, prisoner, to Governor and Council of State, seeking a pardon,
undated.

Lists of prisoners offering to enlist in the army in exchange for pardons,
16, 18 September 1812.

Box 4

Folder 5

Miscellaneous Papers: Report of escaped prisoner, James Monroe, 18 October 1798; Sentencing of five persons from Washington
County to the Penitentiary for larceny, 10 October 1807; Property report for William Norton, discharged prisoner, 28 April
1809; Conduct reports for three prisoners, William Bateman (13 June 1809) and Henry and David Thacker (16 June 1809).

This subseries is housed in 6 folders and 1 oversize item. Many of the records appear to have been removed from the Office
of the Governor's records. Correspondence to Governor James Monroe from the Board of Inspectors and Martin Mims, Penitentiary
Keeper relating to prison policies, conditions and construction projects include: reports regarding prison construction projects
(24 October 1800, 9, 10 and 14 October 1801); prison conditions (20 June 1801, 11 August 1801 and 2 December 1801); nail manufacturing
at the penitentiary (2 May 1801 and 14 November 1801) and a draft copy of the rules and regulations for the penitentiary adopted
by the Board of Inspectors (5 November 1801) and Mims' comments (27 November 1801).

Correspondence regarding conditions at the penitentiary include: a report of Thomas Clark to Governor William H. Cabell,
dated 29 November 1806, describing his solution to the penitentiary's water supply problems; letter of Penitentiary Keeper
Samuel P. Parsons to Governor Wilson Nicholas, dated 25 June 1816, containing a list of suggested alterations and improvements
to penitentiary operations; copy of report of the Penitentiary Commissioners, dated 3 January 1823, describing prison conditions;
and six affidavits from penitentiary staff members (Andrew Crew, turnkey and delivery clerk; Abner Griffin, keeper of the
outer gate; Wm. Jarvis, first assistant keeper; Joseph Kenbrough, second assistant keeper; William Simpson, fourth assistant
keeper; Daniel Tottey, third assistant keeper; and Edmund Pendleton, junior keeper of the public jail and penitentiary house)
dated 9 August 1823 describing the 8 August 1823 penitentiary fire.

Other records include statements describing the quality of goods manufactured at the penitentiary (1823-1824), a report to
the Governor and Council of State by a committee created by the Board of Visitors on the classification of prisoners at the
penitentiary (14 May 1808), report of the House of Delegates Penitentiary Committee (9 February 1824) and an 1802 list of
20 rules and regulations governing the duties of the keeper and the condition of the convicts along with abstracts of the
penal laws concerning prisoners.

Letters concerning the penitentiary, dealing primarily with the operation of the prison and suggested improvements,
1818-1821.

Box 4

Folder 9

Letters and papers regarding articles manufactured at the penitentiary and the quality thereof,
1813-1815, 1823-1824.

Box 4

Folder 10

Report of a committee set up to organize a classification of the convicts,
14 May 1808.

Box 4

Folder 11

House of Delegates, Penitentiary Committee, report,
9 February 1824.

Oversize Box 1

Folder 2

Rules and Regulations (original and photostat),
1802.

Boxes 5-8 and Oversize Box 1.

Series I. Subseries F. Penitentiary Financial Records, 1800-1865.

This subseries is housed in 4 boxes and 5 oversize folders. Included are statements of expenses for the roof of the Capitol,
Manufactory of Arms, Penitentiary Buildings, Richmond Public Warehouse and Public Guard (all submitted 14 January 1802), financial
statements (1807, 1808-1809, 1809-1810, 1810-1811, 1816, 1817-1818), letters to the Governor and Council of State regarding
extra compensation received by the penitentiary keeper (1807, 1814 and 1815), proposals to furnish rations to the penitentiary
(1807, 1818-1819), invoices and accounts of manufactured articles sent to Abraham and Silas H. Smith, penitentiary agents
at Staunton (12 June 1811-17 August 1817), reports and statements showing the costs and articles purchased by the penitentiary
agents (14 May 1812 to 30 June 1816), inventories of stock on hand at the penitentiary (30 November 1812 and 30 November 1816),
claim vouchers for executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House in August 1823, payroll, general
and contingent accounts, muster and receipt roll for Capt. S. Cary's Company, Virginia Militia, on duty August to October
1823, Penitentiary Day Book (28 March 1817 to 28 January 1818), hiring of convicts from Penitentiary (4 May 1858-1 July 1863),
and invoices of articles manufactured and job work done at the Penitentiary (15 January 1864 to 30 March 1865).

Box 5

Folder 1

Various expenses of the penitentiary,
1800-1803.

Box 5

Folder 2

Financial Statements of the Penitentiary,
1807-1818.

Box 5

Folder 3

Statements of accounts and inventories of the penitentiary,
1812, 1816-1821.

Box 6

Folder 1

Letters concerning articles manufactured at the penitentiary,
1807 and 1816.

Box 6

Folder 2

Comparative view of prices of penitentiary articles and similar articles at Richmond stores,
undated.

The Prisoner Records series is housed in 379 boxes and contains 128 volumes and 16 reels of microfilm. The series has been
divided into five (5) subseries. Subseries have been designated for: A. Registers; B. Inmate Photographs; C. Penitentiary
Commitment Orders; D. Inmate Index Cards; and E. Execution Files. Contains a variety of records pertaining to prisoners at
the Virginia Penitentiary, such as prisoner registers, medical records, punishment records, prisoner photographs and negatives,
commitment orders, prisoner index cards and execution files. These records provide personal information about prisoners and
documentation of their incarceration. Researchers should first check this series, specifically the Prisoner Registers and
Indexes, for basic information on prisoners (name, prisoner, number, age, race, crime, sentence, date of admission, date of
discharge, escape, clemency, assignment outside Penitentiary). This information is crucial to access other parts of the collection.
For example, the prisoner number is needed to locate records in Subseries B. Photographs and Negatives; the State Convict
Road Force camp number (noted on the register) is needed to access many of the records in Series V. State Convict Road Force,
especially the registers, rosters and discharge lists.

There are 49 volumes of Prisoner Registers and Indexes from 1865 to 1980. Not all numbered registers are extant. The registers are arranged by date the prisoner was admitted
to the penitentiary and by inmate number. The Prisoner Registers are divided into three groups: A.I.1. numbered Prisoner Registers (No. 1-13, 15), A.1.2. unnumbered Prisoner Registers (5 volumes), and A.I.3. Prison Books
(No. 1-10). These volumes have been microfilmed; see Misc. Reels 5989-6004. The Prisoner Registers only include felons ("stripemen"); "jailmen" convicted of misdemeanors and sentenced to a State Convict
Road Camp are not included in these records. Researchers should consult Series V. State Convict Road Force for any extant
"jailmen" records.

Volumes 1-34.

II.A.I.1 Prisoner Registers and Indexes 1865-1942.

Prisoner Register No. 1
includes all new prisoners admitted to the Virginia Penitentiary from 12 June 1865 to 19 January 1869. The register includes
the prisoners' name, date received, wehre sentenced, crime, term, country, state, county, height, age, complexion, hair and
eye color and remarks (discharged, death, pardoned, etc.). In addition, the register also includes the same information on
prisoners admitted prior to 12 June 1865 who were still in the penitentiary. The register includes a partial internal index
beginning with M surnames. Other information in this volume includes: a printed broadside "Rules and Regulations for the
Government of the Prisoners in the Penitentiary" dated 16 April 1866; "A list of convicts in the Penitentiary of Virginia
not employeed in any of the shops or other work made on this day 14 April 1868 to be worked on the Covington and Healey Springs
Turnpike by Joseph Shultz"; lists of prisoners contracted out to work on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Covington and Ohio
Railroad, James River and Kanawha Canal, Clover Hill mines in Chesterfield County and to cut wood on the farm of R.H. Anderson;
and a list of military prisoners in Penitentiary on 22 March 1867. [Miscellaneous Reel 5989, frame 0001-0242]

Prison Register No. 2
includes all new prisoners admitted from 19 January 1869 to 24 March 1870 with a list of convicts in penitentiary brought
forward from the previous register. The register contains the same information found in prisoner register one but is not
indexed. Also included are lists of convicts hired out to C.R. Mason and Company for labor on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
W.C. Johnson for work on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Mason and Hoge contractors for work on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad and a list of convicts sent to Mason and Gooch. [Misc. Reel 5989, frame 0243-0326]

Prisoner Register No. 3
includes all new prisoners admitted from 25 March 1870 to 26 September 1872 with a list of convicts in penitentiary brought
forward from previous registers. The register contains the same information found in registers one and two and has an internal
index. [Misc. Reel 5989, frame 0327-end of reel]

Prisoner Register No. 4
is divided into two volumes. Part one includes all new prisoners from 27 September 1872 to 16 March 1876. The register includes
the name of the prisoner, date received, where sentenced, crime, term, country, state, county, height, age, color, hair and
eye color and marks (scars, etc.) and remarks (discharged, death, pardoned, etc.) and contains an internal index. Part two,
Prisoner Register Book No. 4 contains a list of convicts in the penitentiary brought forward from previous registers (1868-1870)
and a list of convicts hired out from 1871 to 1876. Convicts were hired out to the Old Dominion Granite Company, S. H. Burnham
for work on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Mason and Hoge for work on the Valley Railroad, Mason, Gooch and Hoge contractors
and Rubin Ragland contractors. [Part one, Misc. Reel 5990, frame 0001-0102, Part two, frame 0103-0241]

Prisoner Register No. 6
includes prisoners admitted from 5 January 1885 to 29 September 1894. A list of life term prisoners can be found on the last
page of this volume. The register includes the name of prisoner, when received, where sentenced, crime, term, nativity, state,
city or county, height, age, color, hair and eye color, marks (scars, etc.), when discharged, and remarks (death, pardoned,
etc.). A separate volume indexes this register (2 copies). Index contains name and page number. [Register, Misc. Reel 5991, frame 0001-0321; Index volume(s), copy one, Misc. Reel 6002, frame 0433-0505; copy two, Miscellaneous
Reel 6002, frame 0506-0572]

Prisoner Register No. 12
includes prisoners admitted from 8 June 1922 to 5 October 1926 (inmate number 18163 to 21585). The register includes date
received, name of prisoner, race, where sentenced, crime, term, birthplace (city or county and state), age, term expires,
jail time, discharged, location and remarks. Index volume is not extant. [Register, Misc. Reel 5994, frame 0001-0394]

Prisoner Register No. 14
covering the admission dates between 25 October 1929 and 15 December 1931 (inmate number 24810 to 27773) is not extant. However,
the unnumbered Prisoner Registers in this subseries contain similar information on inmates for this time period. A separate
index volume for Prisoner Register No. 14 is extant and can be used to access the unnumbered registers.. Index contains name,
race and prisoner number. [unnumbered Register, inmate number 24810-25834, Misc. Reel 5995, frame 0587-0630 and unnumbered Register, inmate number 25835-27773,
Misc. Reel 5996, frame 0002-0081; Index volume, Misc. Reel 6004, frame 0058-0111]

Prisoner Register No. 16
covering admission dates between 4 October 1933 to 5 July 1935 (inmate number 31042 to 34190) is not extant. However, the
unnumbered Prisoner Registers in this subseries contain similar information on inmates for this time period. A separate index
volume for Prisoner Register No. 16 is extant and can be used to access the unnumbered registers. Index contains name, race
and prisoner number. [unnumbered Register, inmate number 31042-34190, Misc. Reel 5996, frame 0218-0352; Index volume, Misc. Reel 6004, frame 0166-0220]

Prisoner Register No. 17
covering admission dates between 5 July 1935 and 25 March 1937 (inmate number 34191 to 37360) is not extant. However, the
unnumbered Prisoner Registers in this subseries contain similar information on inmates for this time period. A separate index
volume for Prisoner Register No. 17 is extant and can be used to access the unnumbered registers. Index contains name, race
and prisoner number. [unnumbered Register, inmate number 34191-37360, Misc. Reel 5996, frame 0352-0475; Index volume, Misc. Reel 6004, frame 0221-0273]

Prisoner Register No. 18
covering admission dates between 25 March 1937 and 16 November 1938 (inmate number 37361 to 40550) is not extant. However,
the unnumbered Prisoner Registers in this subseries contain similar information on inmates for this time period. A separate
index volume for Prisoner Register No. 18 is extant and can be used to access the unnumbered registers. Index contains name,
race and prisoner number. [unnumbered Register, inmate number 37361-40550, Misc. Reel 5996, frame 0475-0571; Index volume, Misc. Reel 6004, frame 0274-0327]

Prisoner Register No. 19
covering admission dates between 16 November 1938 and 24 October 1940 (inmate number 40551 to 44038) is not extant. However,
the unnumbered Prisoner Registers in this subseries contain similar information on inmates for this time period. A separate
index volume for Prisoner Register No. 19 is extant and can be used to access the unnumbered registers. Index contains name,
race and prisoner number. [unnumbered Register, inmate number 40551-40653, Misc. Reel 5996, frame 0571-0573 and unnumbered Register, inmate number 40654-44038,
Misc. Reel 5997, frame 0002-0092 ; Index volume, Misc. Reel 6004, frame 0328-0383]

Prisoner Register No. 20
covering admission dates between 24 October 1940 and 15 December 1942 (inmate number 44039-47523) is not extant. However,
the unnumbered Prisoner Registers in this subseries contain similar information on inmates for this time period. A separate
index volume for Prisoner Register No. 20 is extant and can be used to access the unnumbered registers. Index contains name,
race and prisoner number. [unnumbered Register, inmate number 44039-47523, Misc. Reel 5997, frame 0092-0171 ; Index volume, Misc. Reel 6004, frame 0384-0437]

Volume 1

Microfilm Misc. Reel 5989, frame 0001-0242

Prisoner Register No. 1, 12 June 1865 to 19 January 1869 with a list of convicts admitted to Penitentiary prior to 12 June
1865 (partially indexed beginning with M surnames).

Volume 2

Microfilm Misc. Reel 5989, frame 0243-0326

Prisoner Register No. 2, 19 January 1865 to 24 March 1870 with a list of convicts in penitentiary brought forward from previous
register (no index).

Volume 3

Microfilm Misc. Reel 5989, frame 0327-end of reel

Prisoner Register No. 3, 25 March 1870 to 26 September 1872 with a list of convicts in penitentiary brought forward from previous
register (internal index).

There are five volumes of unnumbered Prisoner Registers for prisoners admitted between 3 January 1924 and 20 February 1945.
While these volumes overlap with the numbered registers, they also fill in the gaps within the collection. Unlike the numbered
registers, these do not include information on the age and birthplace of prisoner. The reason and purpose for these duplicate
registers is unknown. The unnumbered volumes are not indexed. However, researchers should use the extant index volumes described
in Subseries A.I.1. Prisoner Registers and Indexes to obtain the prisoner number to check these volumes.

The first unnumbered Prisoner Register
includes prisoners admitted from 3 January 1924 to 7 August 1930 (inmate number 19253 to 25834). The register includes name
of prisoner, sentence, date received, date discharged, crime, where sentenced, race and assignment (penitentiary, state farm,
road camp, etc.). [Misc. Reel 5995, frame 0356-0630]

The second unnumbered Prisoner Register
includes prisoners admitted from 7 August 1930 to 4 March 1935 (inmate number 25835 to 33561). The register includes name
of prisoner, sentence, date received, date discharged, crime, where sentenced, race and assignment (penitentiary, state farm,
road camp, etc.). [Misc. Reel 5996, frame 0001-0322]

The third unnumbered Prisoner Register
includes prisoners admitted from 5 March 1935 to 9 December 1938 (inmate number 33562 to 40653). The register includes name
of prisoner, sentence, date received, date discharged, crime, where sentenced, race and assignment (penitentiary, state farm,
road camp, etc.). [Misc. Reel 5996, frame 0323-0573]

The fourth unnumbered Prisoner Register
includes prisoners admitted from 9 December 1938 to 11 December 1942 (inmate number 40654 to 47513). The register includes
name of prisoner, sentence, date received, date discharged, crime, where sentenced, race and assignment (penitentiary, state
farm, road camp, etc.). [Misc. Reel 5997, frame 0001-0169]

The fifth unnumbered Prisoner Register
includes prisoners admitted from 15 December 1942 to 20 February 1945 (inmate numbers 47514 to 50271). The register includes
name of prisoner, sentence, date received, date discharged, crime, where sentenced, race and assignment (penitentiary, state
farm, road camp, etc.). In addition, this register indicates if the prisoner has been evaluated by a psychiatrist, dentist
and physician. This volume does not contain any medical information. [Misc. Reel 5997, frame 0170-0234]

At some point during the 1940s, the numbering system for the registers started over and the information in the first three
"new" volumes overlapped with information found in the numbered and unnumbered Prisoner Registers. The new volumes are not
indexed and the volumes are incomplete. However, researchers should use the extant index volumes to check these new volumes.

Prison Book No. 1
was created sometime in the early 1940s and includes prisoners admitted from 1922 to 1933 (inmate number 15356 to 29995).
The book includes number, name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge, place of conviction,
sent to, out date, returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Most of the entries in this volume are blank. See
the numbered and unnumbered Prisoner Registers for complete information on inmates admitted from 1924 to 1933. [Misc. Reel 5997, frame 0237-0613]

Prison Book No. 2
was created sometime in the early 1940s and includes prisoners admitted from 20 March 1933 to 21 July 1938 (inmate number
29996 to 39995). The book includes number, name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge,
place of conviction, sent to, out date, returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Most of the entries in this volume
are blank. See the numbered and unnumbered Prisoner Registers for complete information on inmates admitted from 1933 to 1938.
[Misc. Reel 5998, frame 0001-0252]

Prison Book No. 3
includes prisoners admitted from 21 July 1938 to 3 December 1944 (inmate number 39996 to 49999). The book includes number,
name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge, place of conviction, sent to, out date,
returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Volume is not indexed. See the unnumbered Prisoner Registers for complete
information on inmates admitted from 1938 to 1944. [Misc. Reel 5998, frame 0253-0514]

Prison Book No. 4
includes prisoners admitted from 3 December 1944 to 15 February 1951 (inmate number 50000 to 59999). The book includes number,
name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge, place of conviction, sent to, out date,
returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Volume is not indexed. [Misc. Reel 5999, frame 0001-0262]

Prison Book No. 5
includes prisoners admitted from 8 March 1951 to 4 September 1956 (inmate number 60000 to 70035). The book includes number,
name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge, place of conviction, sent to, out date,
returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Volume is not indexed. [Misc. Reel 5999, frame 0263-0528]

Prison Book No. 6
includes prisoners admitted from 4 September 1956 to 20 July 1961 (inmate numbers 70036 to 80032). The book includes number,
name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge, place of conviction, sent to, out date,
returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Volume is not indexed. [Misc. Reel 6000, frame 0001-0253]

Prison Book No. 7
includes prisoners admitted from 20 July 1961 to 28 August 1967 (inmate numbers 80033 to 89999). The book includes number,
name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge, place of conviction, sent to, out date,
returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Volume is not indexed. [Misc. Reel 6000, frame 0254-0509]

Prison Book No. 8
includes prisoners admitted from 29 August 1967 to 24 October 1972 (inmate number 90000 to 99999). The book includes number,
name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge, place of conviction, sent to, out date,
returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Volume is not indexed. [Misc. Reel 6001, frame 0001-0256]

Prison Book No. 9
includes prisoners admitted from 24 October 1972 to 29 April 1976 (inmate number 100000 to 107999). The book includes number,
name of prisoner, race, jail time, sentence, date received, date released, charge, place of conviction, sent to, out date,
returned date, discharged or pardoned and remarks. Volume is not indexed. [Misc. Reel 6001, frame 0257-0459]

Prison Book No. 10
includes prisoners admitted from 29 April 1976 to 10 July 1980 (inmate number 108000 to 121189). The book includes number,
name of prisoner, race, date of birth, date received, warrant number, previous number, place of conviction and remarks. Volume
is not indexed. [Misc. Reel 6002, frame 0001-0332]

Volume 40

Microfilm Misc. Reel 5997, frame 0237-0613

Prison Book No. 1, 1922 to 1933 (Inmate 15356 to 29995).

Volume 41

Microfilm Misc. Reel 5998, frame 0001-0252

Prison Book No. 2, 11 March 1933 to 21 July 1938 (Inmate 29996 to 39995).

Volume 42

Microfilm Misc. Reel 5998, frame 0253-0514

Prison Book No. 3, 21 July 1938 to 3 December 1944 (Inmate 39996 to 49999).

Volume 43

Microfilm Misc. Reel 5999, frame 0001-0262

Prison Book No. 4, 3 December 1944 to 15 February 1951 (Inmate 50000 to 59999).

Volume 44

Microfilm Misc. Reel 5999, frame 0263-0528

Prison Book No. 5, 8 March 1951 to 4 September 1956 (Inmate 60000 to 70035).

Volume 45

Microfilm Misc. Reel 6000, frame 0001-0253

Prison Book No. 6, 4 September 1956 to 20 July 1961 (Inmate 70036 to 80032).

Volume 46

Microfilm Misc. Reel 6000, frame 0254-0509

Prison Book No. 7, 20 July 1961 to 28 August 1967 (Inmate 80033 to 89999).

Volume 47

Microfilm Misc. Reel 6001, frame 0001-0256

Prison Book No. 8, 29 August 1967 to 24 October 1972 (Inmate 90000 to 99999).

Volume 48

Microfilm Misc. Reel 6001, frame 0257-0459

Prison Book No. 9, 24 October 1972 to 29 April 1976 (Inmate 100000 to 107999).

Volume 49

Microfilm Misc. Reel 6002, frame 0001-0332

Prison Book No. 10, 29 April 1976 to 10 July 1980 (Inmate 108000 to 121189)

There are 30 volumes of Records of Convicts Received, from 1880 to1953 and are further divided into A.II.1. Education, Moral and Social Conditions, 1880-1904; A.II.2. Prisoner
Receipt Books, 1895-1899, 1901-1912, 1910-1915, 1932-1942; A.II.3. Classification Log Books, undated; A.II.4. Ledger of Inmates,
ca. 1920 to 1953; and A.II.5. Prisoner Registers - Rough Drafts, 1912-1925, 1930-1943. The Index to Prisoner Register may
serve as an index to most of these records.

Volumes 50.

II.A.II.1. Education, Moral and Social Conditions, 1880-1904.

The Education, Moral and Social Conditions of Convicts volume lists the convicts received by fiscal year between 1880 and
1904. Included are the name of prisoner, race, social relations (married or single), educational relations (read, write,
illiterate), moral condition (intemperate, moderate drinker or temperate) and occupation.

Volume 50

Record of Convicts Received during the Fiscal Year,
1880-1881 to 1903-1904 .

The Prisoner Receipt Books (9 volumes - 1895 to 1899, 1901 to 1912, 1910 to 1915 and 1932 to 1942 are arranged chronologically
and by inmate number. Each volume lists the prisoner name, date received, race, where sentenced, crime, term and name of
guard paid to transport prisoner to the penitentiary.

Volume 51

1 July 1895 to 19 April 1899.

Volume 52

October 1901 to December 1907.

Volume 53

January 1908 to December 1912.

Volume 54

1 January 1910 to 31 July 1915.

Volume 55

12 October 1922 to 14 July 1928.

Volume 56

1 March 1932 to 15 October 1934.

Volume 57

16 October 1934 to 28 April 1937.

Volume 58

29 April 1937 to 5 November 1939.

Volume 59

8 November 1939 to 10 September 1942.

Volumes 60-68, 270.

II.A.II.3. Classfication Log Books, undated.

The Classification Log Books (10 volumes) are arranged by inmate number. Each volume includes name, inmate number, race and
assignment within the correctional system (penitentiary, state farm, road camp, etc.). Two volumes also include the date
the inmate was received. These volumes are handwritten and several overlap.

Volume 60

Inmate 27800 to 34247.

Volume 61

Inmate 46600 to 54499.

Volume 62

Inmate 54500 to 62699.

Volume 63

Inmate 46600 to 55499.

Volume 64

Inmate 55500 to 64340.

Volume 65

Inmate 62700 to 70799.

Volume 66

Inmate 62700 to 70799.

Volume 67

Inmate 64000 to 67870 (21 February 1952 to 23 June 1953).

Volume 68

Inmate 63500 to 67899 (17 May 1953 to 17 June 1956).

Volume 270

Inmate 64000 to 67869.

Volumes 69.

II.A.II.4. Ledger of Inmates, ca. 1920-1953.

The Ledger of Inmates (1 volume - ca. 1920 to 1953) is arranged by date. The volume (in two parts) includes the name of prisoner,
inmate number, race, term and assignment (penitentiary, state farm, road camp, etc.).

Volume 69

ca. 1920 to 1953 (one volume divided into two parts - 2 boxes).

Volumes 70-78.

II.A.II.5. Prisoner Registers-Rough Drafts, 1912-1925 and 1930-1943.

The Prisoner Registers - Rough Drafts (9 volumes - 1912-1925 and 1930-1943) are arranged by date and inmate number. The register
only lists the date received, name of prisoner, race, age, place of conviction and occupation. It does not list date of discharge
or any other information. Several of these volumes may be used in place of the non-extant Prison Registers.

Volume 70

Prisoner Register, 6 August 1912 to 26 December 1916 (Inmate 10950 to 14519).

Volume 71

Prisoner Register, 27 December 1916 to 9 January 1922 (Inmate 14520 to 17673).

Volume 72

Prisoner Register, 9 January 1922 to 28 March 1925 (Inmate 17674 to 20280).

Volume 73

Prisoner Register, 15 November 1930 to 31 October 1932 (Inmate 26186 to 29341).

Volume 74

Prisoner Register, 2 November 1932 to 22 November 1934 (Inmate 29342 to 33030).

Volume 75

Prisoner Register, 24 November 1934 to 30 June 1936 (Inmate 33031 to 35993).

Volume 76

Prisoner Register, 1 July 1936 to 30 November 1937 (Inmate 35994 to 38599).

Volume 77

Prisoner Register, 1 December 1937 to 8 March 1940 (Inmate 38600 to 42999).

Volume 78

Prisoner Register, 9 March 1940 to 26 February 1943 (Inmate 43000 to 47833).

There are 29 volumes of Penitentiary Medical Registers from 1902 to 1965, 1990 and are further divided into: A.III.1. Hospital Admittance Registers, 1902-1949; A.III.2. Examination
Records of Incoming Inmates, 1926-1959; A.III.3. Treatment Registers, 1910-1920, 1927-1941, 1951-1954; A.III.4. Records of
Operations, 1940-1956; A.III.5. Records of Dental Examinations, 1940-1965; A.III.6. X-Ray Record Books, 1953-1962; A.III.7.
Anthropomorphic Measurements, 1906 and A.III.8. Infirmary Log Book, 1990. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Volumes 79-80.

II.A.III.1. Hospital Admittance Registers, 1902-1949.

The Hospital Admittance Registers (2 volumes - 1 October 1902 to 28 June 1933 and 1 July 1933 to 22 July 1949) are arranged
chronologically by fiscal year (October to September until 1925 then July-June). These volumes include name of prisoner,
number, date admitted, disease, discharge date and remarks. The back of the first volume includes a list of women inmates
admitted to the hospital between 1907 and 1923. Very few entries from 1946 to 1949 list the disease. Volumes are not indexed.
These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Volume 79

1 October 1902 to 28 June 1933.

Volume 80

1 July 1933 to 22 July 1949.

Volumes 81-88.

II.A.III.2. Examination Records of Incoming Inmates, 1926-1959.

The Examination Records of Incoming Inmates (8 volumes) are arranged chronologically and by inmate number. A 1922 Act of
the Virginia General Assembly required all inmates admitted to the State Penitentiary to be examined for venereal disease.
The volumes are not numbered. The contents are: 3 July 1926 to 10 March 1933 (inmate numbers 21425 to 29996); 10 March 1933
to 9 February 1937 (inmate numbers 29997 to 37095); 9 February 1937 to 18 February 1941 (inmate numbers 37096 to 44600); 18
February 1941 to 10 April 1946 (inmate numbers 44601 to 51799); 10 April 1946 to 12 May 1950 (inmate numbers 51800 to 58682);
13 May 1950 to 20 February 1954 (inmate numbers 58683 to 65211); 20 February 1954 to 21 March 1957 (inmate numbers 65212 to
71101); and 21 March 1957 to 19 September 1959 (inmate numbers 71102 to 76355). These volumes include inmate number, name,
race, term, date received, crime, from, gonorrhea, Wasserman test result (diagnostic test for syphilis), surgeon's evaluation,
psychiatrist's evaluation and assignment (penitentiary, state farm, road camp, etc.). The surgeon and psychiatric evaluations
and gonorrhea testing ended in 1946. The Indexes to Prisoner Registers can serve as an index to these records. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Volume 81

3 July 1926 to 10 March 1933 (Inmate 21425 to 29996).

Volume 82

10 March 1933 to 9 February 1937 (Inmate 29997 to 37095).

Volume 83

9 February 1937 to 18 February 1941 (Inmate 37096 to 44600).

Volume 84

18 February 1941 to 10 April 1946 (Inmate 44601 to 51799).

Volume 85

10 April 1946 to 12 May 1950 (Inmate 51800 to 58682).

Volume 86

13 May 1950 to 20 February 1954 (Inmate 58683 to 65211).

Volume 87

20 February 1954 to 21 March 1957 (Inmate 65212 to 71101).

Volume 88

21 March 1957 to 16 September 1959 (Inmate 71102 to 76355).

Volumes 89-92.

II.A.III.3. Treatment Registers, 1910-1920, 1927-1941 and 1951-1954.

The Treatment Registers (4 volumes, 26 August 1910 to 28 February 1920; 8 January 1927 to 28 April 1934; 5 January 1935 to
5 July 1941; and 8 May 1951 to 29 June 1954) are arranged chronologically and are essentially weekly hospital reports. The
volumes are not numbered and there are significant gaps. These volumes include inmate number, race, name of prisoner, sex
and diagnosis. Volumes are not indexed. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Volume 89

26 August 1910 to 28 February 1920.

Volume 90

8 January 1927 to 24 April 1934.

Volume 91

5 January 1935 to 5 July 1941.

Volume 92

8 May 1951 to 29 June 1954.

Volumes 93-95.

II.A.III.4. Records of Operations, 1940-1956.

The Records of Operations (3 volumes, 10 July 1940 to 12 August 1946; 27 July 1946 to 7 January 1952; and 16 January 1952
to 19 June 1956) are arranged chronologically. These volumes include inmate number, operation date, name of patient, age,
sex, color, room, diagnosis, operator, operation, assistant, operation nurse, anesthetist, in-out dates, complications and
result. Volumes are not indexed. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Volume 93

10 July 1940 to 12 August 1946.

Volume 94

27 July 1946 to 7 January 1952.

Volume 95

16 January 1952 to 19 June 1956.

Volumes 96-103.

II.A.III.5. Records of Dental Examinations, 1942-1949, 1954-1965.

The Records of Dental Examinations (8 volumes, 9 December 1940 to 22 August 1942; 24 August 1942 to 18 August 1945; 20 August
1945 to 31 December 1949; 1 July 1954 to 28 February 1957; 1 March 1957 to 31 October 1958; 3 November 1958 to 10 March 1961;
13 March 1961 to 30 September 1963; and 1 October 1963 to 31 December 1965) are arranged chronologically with a five year
gap between 1949 and 1954. The volumes list the inmate number, name of prisoner, date and treatment received. Volumes are
not indexed. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Volume 96

9 December 1940 to 22 August 1942.

Volume 97

24 August 1942 to 18 August 1945.

Volume 98

20 August 1945 to 31 December 1949.

Volume 99

1 July 1954 to 28 February 1957.

Volume 100

1 March 1957 to 31 October 1958.

Volume 101

3 November 1958 to 10 March 1961.

Volume 102

13 March 1961 to 30 September 1963.

Volume 103

1 October 1963 to 31 December 1965.

Volumes 104-105.

II.A.III.6. X-Ray Record Books, 1953-1962.

The X-Ray Record Books (2 volumes, 6 June 1953 to 16 January 1958; and 6 January 1958 to 16 November 1962) are arranged chronologically.
The volumes include date, inmate number, name of prisoner and area x-rayed. Volumes are not indexed. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Volume 104

6 June 1953 to 16 January 1958.

Volume 105

6 January 1958 to 16 November 1962.

Volume 106.

II.A.III.7. Anthropomorphic Measurements, ca. 1906.

The Anthropomorphic Measurements volume (ca. 1906) is arranged by inmate number. The volume includes inmate number, name
of prisoner, and measurements for head length, head width, middle finger, foot, forearm, height, little finger and a column
for remarks. The Indexes to Prisoner Registers can serve as an index to this volume.

Volume 106

ca. 1906.

Volume 107.

II.A.III.8. Infirmary Log Book, 1990.

The Infirmary Ward Log Book is arranged by date (27 August 1990 to 12 December 1990) and contains staff notations on prisoners
in isolation. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

There are 6 volumes and 9 boxes of Punishment Records from 1895 to1946 and 1953 to 1968. The records are further divided
into: A.IV.1. Punishment Registers and Indexes, 1896-1931 and 1940-1946; A.IV.2. Punishment Reports, 1909, 1912-1923; A.IV.3.
Prisoner's Assigned to "C" Cell Segregation, 1953-1966; and A.IV.4. Report of Good Time Taken and Returned, 1967-1968. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Volumes 108-113.

II.A.IV.1. Punishment Registers and Indexes, 1896-1931 and 1940-1946.

There are 6 volumes of Punishment Registers and Indexes from 1896 to 1931 and 1940 to 1946. An 1896 Act of the Virginia General Assembly required the Superintendent to keep a separate
punishment register. These volumes list the types of infractions and punishment administered to prisoners for violating prison
rules. Types of offense include: not working/poor work, insubordination, use of foul language, sodomy/homosexual activity,
fighting, attacking other prisoners and/or guards, possession of weapons and stealing. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

The Record of Punishment
from 1896 to 1905 is arranged by date and is further divided within each year by area of prison where offense occurred (Finishing
Room, Ward, Farm, etc.) The register includes date, name of prisoner, inmate number, offense, punishment, name of person
reporting offense and name of person administering punishment. A separate volume indexes this record.

The Punishment Register
covering 1 October 1905 to 8 January 1931 is arranged by date of punishment and includes name of prisoner, inmate number,
offense, date of offense, punishment, name of person ordering punishment, name of person administering punishment and signature
of officer present. This volume includes the Penitentiary, State Farm, State Lime Plant and Convict Road Crew.

There are two Punishment Registers
covering 1907 to 1917. Each is arranged by inmate number and includes name of prisoner, date of offense, type of offense
and number of stripes. The 1940-1946 register is arranged by date and includes: location (penitentiary, state farm, or road
camp), inmate number, name of prisoner, number of stripes, signature of officer administering punishment, signature of officer
reporting punishment, detailed description of offense and description of medical condition before and after administration
of punishment.

Volume 108

1896-1905.

Volume 109

Index to Punishment Book,
1896-1905.

Volume 110

1 October 1905 to 8 January 1931.

Volume 111

1907-1917 (part one).

Volume 112

1907-1917 (part two).

Volume 113

1940-1946.

Boxes 9-15.

II.A.IV.2. Punishment Reports, 1909 and 1912-1923.

In addition to the five Punishment Registers there are 7 boxes of Punishment Reports from 1909 and October 1912 to March 1923. These reports are arranged by month and by location (Penitentiary, State Farm,
State Lime Plant and State Convict Road Force camps). They include name of prisoner, prisoner number, offence, date committed,
how and when punished and the names of who ordered and administered the punishment. A few monthly reports contain correspondence
to and from prison guards and the Superintendent which further describes prisoners' infractions.

Box 9

Folder 1

March 1909.

Box 9

Folder 2

October 1912.

Box 9

Folder 3

November 1912.

Box 9

Folder 4

December 1912.

Box 9

Folder 5

January 1913.

Box 10

Folder 1

February 1913.

Box 10

Folder 2

March 1913.

Box 10

Folder 3

April 1913.

Box 10

Folder 4

May 1913.

Box 10

Folder 5

June 1913.

Box 11

Folder 1

July 1913.

Box 11

Folder 2

August 1913.

Box 11

Folder 3

September 1913.

Box 11

Folder 4

October 1913.

Box 11

Folder 5

November 1913.

Box 11

Folder 6

December 1913.

Box 12

Folder 1

January 1914.

Box 12

Folder 2

February 1914.

Box 12

Folder 3

March 1914.

Box 12

Folder 4

April 1914.

Box 12

Folder 5

May 1914.

Box 12

Folder 6

June 1914.

Box 13

Folder 1

November 1914.

Box 13

Folder 2

December 1914.

Box 13

Folder 3

January 1915.

Box 13

Folder 4

February 1915.

Box 13

Folder 5

March 1915.

Box 13

Folder 6

April 1915.

Box 13

Folder 7

May 1915.

Box 13

Folder 8

June 1915.

Box 14

Folder 1

July 1915 to December 1915.

Box 14

Folder 2

January 1916 to June 1916.

Box 14

Folder 3

July 1916 to March 1917.

Box 14

Folder 4

April 1917 to October 1917.

Box 14

Folder 5

November 1917 to August 1918.

Box 14

Folder 6

September 1918 to January 1920.

Box 15

Folder 1

February 1920 to May 1921.

Box 15

Folder 2

June 1921 to December 1921.

Box 15

Folder 3

January 1922 to August 1922.

Box 15

Folder 4

October 1922 to March 1923 and undated.

Boxes 16-17.

II.A.IV.3. Prisoner's Assigned to "C" Cell Segregation, 1953-1966.

There are 2 boxes of Prisoner's Assigned to "C" Cell Segregation from 1953 to 1966. These records are arranged in reverse chronological order. "C" Cell Segregation referred to placing
prisoners in the Segregation Section of the Maximum Security Building. They consist of memorandums to file of prisoner noting
if prisoner should be released to the general prisoner population. Some memos include a description of why prisoner was transferred
to "C" Cell. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

Box 16

Folder 1

1953-1966 (part one).

Box 16

Folder 2

1953-1966 (part two).

Box 16

Folder 3

1953-1966 (part three).

Box 16

Folder 4

1953-1966 (part four).

Box 16

Folder 5

1953-1966 (part five).

Box 17

Folder 1

1953-1966 (part six).

Box 17

Folder 2

1953-1966 (part seven).

Box 17.

II.A.IV.4. Report of Good Time Taken and Returned, 1967-1968.

There is one folder of Report of Good Time Taken and Returned for 1967 to 1968. These records are arranged in reverse chronological
order. They consist of correspondence from the Penitentiary Superintendent to Director, Bureau of Records, Virginia Penal
System, authorizing the Director to take a prisoner's good time. Correspondence lists name and number of prisoner and reason
for losing good time. These records are privacy protected and are closed for 75 years from the date the record was created.

There are 13 volumes and three folders of Registers and Records of Prisoners Pardoned or Paroled, Discharged, Died or Escaped from 1892 to 1971. There are two volumes of Monthly Report of the Penitentiary (February 1892 to November 1912; and November
1912 to November 1924). Each volume lists the number of prisoners in the penitentiary (white men, colored men, white women
and colored women), number on public works, the number discharged, pardoned, died and escaped, occupation of prisoners and
number of contract laborers. This volume does not list prisoners by name. The two volumes of Daily Record of Prisoners list
the number of prisoner in the Penitentiary and on the State Farm between November 1902 and January 1911 and February 1911
to July 1936). This volume does not list prisoners by name. The Register of Prisoners sent to State Farm, 1897-1918, lists
the name of prisoner, inmate number and whether they died or were paroled. There are four unnumbered volumes (October 1902
to September 1921; October 1921 to July 1929; July 1937 to November 1953; and December 1953 to April 1971) of Registers of
Prisoners Pardoned or Paroled, Discharged, Died or Escaped. These records are arranged chronologically and include the name
of prisoner, race, inmate number and note whether the inmate was pardoned or paroled, discharged, died or escaped. The volume
also notes subsequent action taken with regards to the inmate and location of the inmate if taken back into the prison system.
A Day Book (January 1933 to December 1940), arranged by month, lists each prisoner's name and number who is scheduled to be
released that month. The Death Register, 1926 to 1951, is arranged by fiscal year (July to June) and includes the following
information: name of prisoner, inmate number, race, age, time of death, date of death, cause of death, time in prison and
where the inmate died. Also include at the back of this volume is a list of children born in the penitentiary for fiscal
years 1926-1927, 1928-1929, 1930-1931 and 1931-1932. The list includes the name of child, date of birth, place of birth,
race, sex, name of mother, inmate number and admission date to penitentiary of mother. There are two additional volumes of
Daily Record of Prisoners (1 April 1906 to 11 September 1926 and 6 July 1940 to 26 November 1941) that differ from the early
volumes. Each of these volumes lists the name and number of prisoner and disposition (pardoned, discharged, transferred to
road camp, etc.). None of these volumes are indexed. There are three folders of Monthly Discharge and Parole Lists from 1953
to 1961. These records are arranged chronologically and lists the name and number of prisoner, race, date of release and
location (prison, state farm, road camp, etc.). There are two folders of Pardon Applications (1901, 1903, 1905-1908 and 1911)
arranged alphabetically and containing prisoner record, pardon application and supporting letters and petitions. There are
two folders of Parole Applications (1913-1914) arranged alphabetically and containing prisoner record, application for parole
and supporting documents offering parolee employment.

Volume 114

Monthly Report of Prisoners Received and Discharged, Pardoned, Died and Escaped,
February 1892 to November 1912.

Volume 115

Monthly Report of Prisoners Received and Discharged, Pardoned, Died and Escaped,
November 1912 to November 1924.

Volume 116

Daily Record of Prisoners,
November 1902 to January 1911.

Volume 117

Daily Record of Prisoners,
February 1911 to July 1936.

Volume 118

Register of Prisoners sent to State Farm,
1897-1918.

Volume 119

Register of Prisoners Pardoned, Paroled, Discharged, Died or Escaped,
October 1902 to September 1921.

Volume 120

Register of Prisoners Pardoned, Paroled, Discharged, Died or Escaped,
October 1921 to July 1929.

Volume 121

Day Book,
January 1933 to December 1940.

Volume 122

Register of Prisoners Pardoned, Paroled, Discharged, Died or Escaped,
July 1937 to November 1953.

Volume 123

Register of Prisoners Pardoned, Paroled, Discharged, Died or Escaped,
December 1953 to April 1971.

There are two folders of parole application. Files are arranged alphabetically and consist of prisoner record, application
for parole and supporting documents offering parolee employment. An 1898 Act of the General Assembly (amended several times)
granted the Virginia Penitentiary Board of Directors power to parole prisoners if they met certain conditions. To be eligible
the inmate must have served half his term, have not broken any prison rules for the two years preceding the date of one-half
his term and the prisoner must have assurance of employment upon his discharge. The Virginia Attorney General issued an opinion
in 1915 stating that any legislation limiting the power of the governor to grant clemency was unconstitutional.

This subseries is housed in 334 boxes and contains 1 volume. The Photographs subseries is further divided into: B.I. Inmate
Photographs, 1906-1914, 1934-1940 and 1965-1966; B.II. Photographs of Escaped Inmates, 1908, 1910, 1912-1935'; and B.III.
Inmate Negatives, 1906-1914, 1934-1961. Additional photographs of inmates may be located within the Execution Files subseries
and the Superintendent's Correspondence series. The photographs and negatives are arranged by inmate number. The Prisoner
Registers and Indexes can serve as an index to this collection. Please note that not all prisoner photographs and negatives
are extant. The Virginia Penitentiary began photographing new and existing inmates around 1906. There is a twenty year gap
in the collection (1914 to 1934). This series contains approximately 50,000 inmate negatives; however, at this time, there
are photographs for only approximately 12,000 inmates.

There are 24 boxes and 1 volume of Inmate Photographs from ca.1906-1914, 1934 to 1940 and 1965 to 1966. These photographs are arranged by inmate number. The photographs for
inmate numbers 144 through 7045 (1906-1907) and the first sixty inmates executed (1908-1914) were made from glass plate negatives
by Library of Virginia staff members in 2004 and 2005. The photographs for inmate numbers 31980 through 39149 were made from
acetate negatives by Library of Virginia staff members sometime during the 1980s. The photographs for inmate numbers 12100
through 12199 were made from nitrate negatives by Northeast Document Conservation Center in June 2005. The photographs for
inmate numbers 39150 through 42899 were made from acetate negatives by Northeast Document Conservation Center between 2005
and 2007. A single volume contains photographs for inmate numbers 86875 through 88378 covering admissions between 1 July
1965 and 30 June 1966.

Series II.B.II. Photographs of Escaped Inmates, 1908, 1910 and 1912-1935.

There are 5 boxes of Photographs of Escaped Inmates from 1908, 1910, and 1912 to 1935. These photographs are arranged by inmate number and in most cases there are multiple
copies. Most of these inmates were admitted to the Virginia Penitentiary between 1912 and 1933 and many of these photographs
are not included within the Inmate Photographs subseries. The front of each 3.5" x 5.5" card contains the prisoners mug shot.
The back of the card lists the name of prisoner, inmate number, date and location of escape (Penitentiary, State Farm, or
State Convict Road Force camp), date received at Penitentiary, name of county, crime, term, age, height, weight, hair, eye
and skin color, names and addresses of relatives and reward amount.

Box 41

760-12956.

Box 42

13020-17597.

Box 43

17600-21983.

Box 44

22017-27502.

Box 45

27503-34093.

Boxes 46-349, 696.

Series II.B.III. Inmate Negatives, 1906-1914 and 1934-1961.

There are 305 boxes of Inmate Negatives from 1906 to 1914 and 1934 to 1961 and are further divided into: B.III.1. Glass Plate Negatives; B.III.2. Duplicate Negatives;
B.III.3. Interpositives; and B.IV.4. Original Acetate Negatives. The negatives are arranged by inmate number within each
division.

In June 2005, the Library of Virginia contracted with Northeast Document Conservation Center to have duplicate negatives and
interpositives created from the deteriorating original nitrate and acetate negatives. The Duplicate negatives are housed
in 11 boxes and were made for inmate number 12100 to 12199 and 39150 to 39459.

In June 2005, the Library of Virginia contracted with Northeast Document Conservation Center to have duplicate negatives and
interpositives created from the deteriorating original nitrate and acetate negatives. Interpositives are housed in 11 boxes
and were made for inmate number 12100 to 12199 and 39150 to 39459.

This group of original acetate negatives has seriously deteriorated (vinegar smell); it was impossible to make duplicate negatives.
However, the Library of Virginia did make prints from these negatives (32930-37120) in the 1980s. The negatives are housed
in 11 boxes and are stored separately from the other negatives.

Box 207

32930-33409 [no negatives for 32980 - 33279, 33330 - 33379].

Box 208

33410-33729 [no negatives for 33430 - 33589, 33640 - 33689].

Box 209

33730-33839.

Box 210

33840-33959.

Box 211

33960-34119 [no negatives for 34040-34089].

Box 212

34120-34439 [no negatives for 34140-34339] .

Box 213

34590-34889 [no negatives for 34440-34589, 34640-34849].

Box 214

34890-35099 [no negatives for 35100-35149].

Box 215

35150-35199; 36400-36579 [no negatives for 35200-36399].

Box 216

36580-37059.

Box 217

37060-37120.

Boxes 218-231.

II.B.III.4b. Original Negatives - Duplicated (Prints made),

This group of original acetate negatives (39150-39459) had slight deterioration but duplicate negatives and interpositives
were created by Northeast Document Conservation Center between 2005 and 2007. The negatives are housed in 14 boxes. This
group also includes 100 nitrate negatives (12100-12199).

The final and largest group of original acetate negatives (safety film) is stable but no duplicate negatives or prints have
been made. The negatives are housed in 118 boxes and range from inmate number 42900-79449, 79648, 79701, and 80960-80968.
Researchers should note that beginning in the early 1950s negatives for female inmates are not included.

This subseries is housed in 16 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by prisoner name. These records consist of commitment
papers for the years 1865-1896. Not all commitment papers for this time period are extant. This subseries only represents
a small fraction of the total number of prisoners committed and released from the penitentiary during this time period. The
commitment papers include the name and race of prisoner, court, locality, date of indictment and trial (including the names
of the grand jury and jury), crime, date of conviction and sentence. Some documents include notations by penitentiary staff
that list date received at penitentiary, prisoner register book and page numbers and date discharged. A small number include
pardon documents issued by the Governor. One record of note is a commitment order dated 4 September 1865 for Samuel Van Winkle,
Co. G, 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry, who was court-martialed and sentenced to six months in the penitentiary for desertion.

This subseries is housed in six (6) boxes and is arranged alphabetically by prisoner name. These records consist of index
cards containing prisoner information for the years 1914, 1919 and 1921 to 1949. Not all index cards for this time period
are extant. This subseries only represents a small fraction of the total number of prisoners committed to the penitentiary
during this time period. Each index card includes the prisoner name, prisoner number, alias, race, fingerprint classification,
crime, term, date and place received, date term expires, jail time, criminal history, measurements (hat, shoe, collar, coat,
and pants), previous address, names and addresses of immediate family (spouse, parents and siblings) and person to notify
in case of an emergency.

Box 366

Boggs, Cowan - Dykes, Ralph

Box 367

Eacho, Jr., Clarence A. - Jones, Everett

Box 368

Jones, F.P. - Myers, Joseph E.

Box 369

Nachimson, Mortimer - Russell, Woodrow

Box 370

St. Clair, Charles - Williams, Junius

Box 371

Williams, K.W. - Zygmont, Leonard

Boxes 372-384.

Series II. Subseries E. Execution Files, 1908-1970.

This sseries is housed in thirteen boxes and is arranged numerically by file number. In 1908 the Virginia General Assembly
passed legislation stating that all executions would occur at the Penitentiary by means of electrocution. Between October
1908 and March 1962, Virginia executed 236 people. In 1972 the United States Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional
on grounds that the death penalty was administered too arbitrarily (Furman v. Georgia). The same court in 1976 ruled that
Georgia's new law for capital cases removed the administration issues raised in the Furman decision. Virginia resumed executions
in 1982. These records document Virginia's executions between 1908 and 1962. These records include correspondence, court
orders and records, lists of witnesses, newspaper clippings, photographs and negatives, prisoner records (including personal
data), respites and telegrams. Also included is one box of records (b384) containing files for prisoners not executed (stay
of execution, sentenced reversed on appeal). Photographs for the first 60 prisoners executed are located in Series II. Prisoner
Records, Subseries B. Photographs and Negatives (b19). Additional execution files from the 1980s and 1990s can be found in
Series IV. Office of the Superintendent, Subseries B. Correspondence, Raymond Muncy (b479 and b480).

Box 372

Folder 1

No. 1 - Henry Smith,
13 October 1908.

Box 372

Folder 2

No. 2 - Winston Green,
30 October 1908.

Box 372

Folder 3

No. 3 - Frank Davenport,
4 January 1909.

Box 372

Folder 4

No. 4 - Charles Gillespie,
18 February 1909.

Box 372

Folder 5

No. 5 - Benjamin Gilbert,
19 March 1909.

Box 372

Folder 6

No. 6 - Arthelius Christian,
22 March 1909.

Box 372

Folder 7

No. 7 - James Smith,
8 April 1909.

Box 372

Folder 8

No. 8 - Berry Seaborne,
16 April 1909.

Box 372

Folder 9

No. 9 - John Brown,
30 April 1909.

Box 372

Folder 10

No. 10 - William Brown,
30 April 1909.

Box 372

Folder 11

No. 11 - Joe Taylor,
5 May 1909.

Box 372

Folder 11

No. 12 - Isham Taylor,
5 May 1909.

Box 372

Folder 11

No. 13 - Lewis Jenkins,
7 May 1909.

Box 372

Folder 12

No. 14 - John Fleming,
30 July 1909.

Box 372

Folder 13

No. 15 - William H. Wise,
27 August 1909.

Box 372

Folder 14

No. 16 - Howard H. Bragg,
24 September 1909.

Box 372

Folder 15

No. 17 - Jack Traynham,
12 November 1909.

Box 372

Folder 16

No. 18 - Harry Robinson,
9 December 1909.

Box 372

Folder 17

No. 19 - Clifton Breckinridge,
17 December 1909.

Box 372

Folder 18

No. 20 - Thurman Spinner,
14 January 1910.

Box 372

Folder 19

No. 21 - W.P. Parker,
25 January 1910.

Box 372

Folder 20

No. 22 - William Goins,
28 January 1910.

Box 372

Folder 21

No. 23 - Howard Little,
11 February 1910.

Box 372

Folder 22

No. 24 - Willie Blake,
11 February 1910.

Box 372

Folder 23

No. 25 - Elijah Rouse,
25 April 1910.

Box 372

Folder 24

No. 26 - Henry Smith,
3 June 1910.

Box 372

Folder 25

No. 27 - Thomas Noel,
10 June 1910.

Box 372

Folder 26

No. 28 - Angelo S. Hamilton,
1 July 1910.

Box 372

Folder 27

No. 29 - Arch Brown,
22 September 1910.

Box 372

Folder 28

No. 30 - Pink Barbour,
23 September 1910.

Box 372

Folder 29

No. 31 - John Eccles,
11 November 1910.

Box 372

Folder 30

No. 32 - Waverly Coles,
25 November 19.

Box 372

Folder 31

No. 33 - J.J. Smyth,
16 December 1910.

Box 372

Folder 32

No. 34 - Harry Sitlington,
16 December 1910.

Box 372

Folder 33

No. 35 - Richard H. Biggs,
7 January 1911.

Box 372

Folder 34

No. 36 - Alex Holloman,
2 June 1911.

Box 372

Folder 35

No. 37 - Henry Clay Beattie,
24 November 1911.

Box 372

Folder 36

No. 38 - John Williamson
15 March 1912.

Box 372

Folder 37

No. 39 - John Ferby,
14 June 1912.

Box 372

Folder 38

No. 40 - William Price,
14 June 1912.

Box 373

Folder 1

No. 41 - Clarence Nixon,
21 June 1912.

Box 373

Folder 2

No. 42 - Byrd Jackson,
21 June 1912.

Box 373

Folder 3

No. 43 - Virginia Christian,
16 August 1912.

Box 373

Folder 4

No. 44 - Herbert Peyton,
8 November 1912.

Box 373

Folder 5

No. 45 - Richard T. Quarles,
3 January 1913.

Box 373

Folder 6

No. 46 - Roy M. Sullivan,
28 February 1913.

Box 373

Folder 7

No. 47 - Floyd Allen,
28 March 1913.

Box 373

Folder 8

No. 48 - Claude Allen,
28 March 1913.

Box 373

Folder 9

No. 49 - James Goode,
2 May 1913.

Box 373

Folder 10

No. 50 - Alfred Wright,
16 May 1913.

Box 373

Folder 11

No. 51 - F.L. Hargrove,
26 June 1913.

Box 373

Folder 12

No. 52 - Nelson V. Carter,
27 June 1913.

Box 373

Folder 13

No. 53 - Owen Goggin,
27 June 1913.

Box 373

Folder 14

No. 54 - Benjamin Baily,
8 August 1913.

Box 373

Folder 15

No. 55 - William Glinn,
16 August 1913.

Box 373

Folder 16

No. 56 - Minnie Collins,
31 October 1913.

Box 373

Folder 17

No. 57 - Newell Walker,
5 December 1913.

Box 373

Folder 18

No. 58 - Lee Archer,
5 December 1913.

Box 373

Folder 19

No. 59 - Charlton Moore,
16 January 1914.

Box 373

Folder 20

No. 60 - Willie Rhodes,
30 January 1914.

Box 373

Folder 21

No. 61 - Marion Lee,
19 March 1914.

Box 373

Folder 22

No. 62 - Walter Boyd,
27 March 1914.

Box 373

Folder 23

No. 63 - George Woods,
22 May 1914.

Box 373

Folder 24

No. 64 - Will Calloway,
10 July 1914.

Box 373

Folder 25

No. 65 - Willie Puryear,
7 August 1914.

Box 373

Folder 26

No. 66 - Henry Coach,
21 August 1914.

Box 373

Folder 27

No. 67 - John Edmunds,
18 December 1914.

Box 373

Folder 28

No. 68 - Arthur Neale,
8 January 1915.

Box 373

Folder 29

No. 69 - Charles Miller,
26 March 1915.

Box 373

Folder 30

No. 70 - Herbert Caple,
30 April 1915.

Box 373

Folder 31

No. 71 - Skipwith Sydner,
21 May 1915.

Box 373

Folder 32

No. 72 - Thomas Cole,
4 June 1915.

Box 373

Folder 33

No. 73 - Lem Jones,
16 June 1915.

Box 373

Folder 34

No. 74 - Luther Canter,
11 June 1915.

Box 373

Folder 35

No. 75 - John Lewis Rollins,
20 August 1915.

Box 373

Folder 36

No. 76 - George Matthews,
20 August 1915.

Box 373

Folder 37

No. 77 - Ed Pryor,
10 September 1915.

Box 373

Folder 38

No. 78 - Sherman Stanfield,
17 September 1915.

Box 373

Folder 39

No. 79 - Percy Ellis,
15 March 1916.

Box 373

Folder 40

No. 80 - Joe Lee,
21 April 1916.

Box 374

Folder 1

No. 81 - John Henry William,
28 May 1916.

Box 374

Folder 2

No. 82 - Milton Maloy,
7 July 1916.

Box 374

Folder 3

No. 83 - Richard Green,
25 August 1916.

Box 374

Folder 4

No. 84 - Clifford Mickens,
25 August 1916.

Box 374

Folder 5

No. 85 - Henry Lewis,
8 September .

Box 374

Folder 6

No. 86 - Minser Harris,
2 October 1916.

Box 374

Folder 7

No. 87 - James Corbett,
2 October 1916.

Box 374

Folder 8

No. 88 - Hansom Warren,
16 June 1917.

Box 374

Folder 9

No. 89 - Hamilton Cosby,
20 June 1917.

Box 374

Folder 10

No. 90 - Robert Jones,
20 June 1917.

Box 374

Folder 11

No. 91 - Albert Barrett,
31 August 1917.

Box 374

Folder 12

No. 92 - William Burgess,
26 October 1917.

Box 374

Folder 13

No. 93 - Paul Langhorne,
7 June 1918.

Box 374

Folder 14

No. 94 - Guy Nixon,
2 July 1918.

Box 374

Folder 15

No. 95 - Tolson Bailey,
2 July 1918.

Box 374

Folder 16

No. 96 - Harvey Stuart,
26 March 1919.

Box 374

Folder 17

No. 97 - Horace Williams,
26 March 1919.

Box 374

Folder 18

No. 98 - Jerry Warren,
27 June 1919.

Box 374

Folder 19

No. 99 - Emper Jones,
30 October 1919.

Box 374

Folder 20

No. 100 - Robert Williams,
13 November 1920.

Box 374

Folder 21

No. 101 - John H. Williams,
5 March 1921.

Box 374

Folder 22

No. 102 - Giles Sydnor,
8 April 1921.

Box 374

Folder 23

No. 103 - Raleigh Haskins,
30 September 1921.

Box 374

Folder 23

No. 104 - Judge Griffin,
30 September 1921.

Box 374

Folder 24

No. 105 - Wilmer Amos Hadley,
9 December 1921.

Box 374

Folder 25

No. 106 - Harry Hart,
23 January 1922.

Box 374

Folder 26

No. 107 - Edmond Thompson,
7 February 1922.

Box 374

Folder 27

No. 108 - Henry Lockett,
23 February 1922.

Box 374

Folder 28

No. 109 - Thomas Sparks,
24 February 1922.

Box 374

Folder 29

No. 110 - Will Elmoe,
31 March 1922.

Box 374

Folder 30

No. 111 - Henry Barnes,
4 April 1922.

Box 374

Folder 31

No. 112 - Ernest Brown,
26 May 1922.

Box 374

Folder 32

No. 113 - Willie E. Clayton,
5 January 1923.

Box 374

Folder 33

No. 114 - Alvin W. Harris,
6 February 1923.

Box 374

Folder 34

No. 115 - George Wriggins,
2 March 1923.

Box 374

Folder 35

No. 116 - Sam Riddick,
18 June 1923.

Box 374

Folder 36

No. 117 - Robert Corbett,
28 September 1923.

Box 374

Folder 37

No. 118 - Fritz Lewis,
12 September 1924.

Box 374

Folder 37

No. 119 - Otto Clear,
12 September 1924.

Box 374

Folder 38

No. 120 - Isaac A. Cooper,
6 March 1925.

Box 375

Folder 1

No. 121 - Prince Dandridge,
12 March 1925.

Box 375

Folder 2

No. 122 - Jesse Carter,
17 April 1925.

Box 375

Folder 3

No. 123 - Percy Lee,
1 May 1925.

Box 375

Folder 4

No. 124 - Rodney Hoke,
10 July 1925.

Box 375

Folder 5

No. 125 - Horace Allen,
17 July 1925.

Box 375

Folder 6

No. 126 - Henry Perman,
29 September 1925.

Box 375

Folder 7

No. 127 - Doc Earl McMillan,
9 October 1925.

Box 375

Folder 8

No. 128 - William Spencer,
22 January 1926.

Box 375

Folder 9

No. 129 - Rudolph E. Disse,
19 February 1926.

Box 375

Folder 10

No. 130 - Louis Watkins,
19 March 1926.

Box 375

Folder 11

No. 131 - James Patterson,
27 August 1926.

Box 375

Folder 12

No. 132 - James Satchell,
24 September 1926.

Box 375

Folder 13

No. 133 - William Gee,
14 January 1927.

Box 375

Folder 14

No. 134 - Henry Perfey,
15 April 1927.

Box 375

Folder 15

No. 135 - William Thomas,
15 April 1927.

Box 375

Folder 16

No. 136 - Louis F. Boersig,
7 July 1927.

Box 375

Folder 17

No. 137 - William Nelson,
15 November 1927.

Box 375

Folder 18

No. 138 - Shirley Winningham,
25 January 1928.

Box 375

Folder 19

No. 139 - Burn V. Gray,
18 May 1928.

Box 375

Folder 20

No. 140 - James Washington,
27 July 1928.

Box 375

Folder 21

No. 141 - Henry Jones,
29 March 1929.

Box 375

Folder 22

No. 142 - Henry Moten,
17 May 1929.

Box 375

Folder 23

No. 143 - Sam Haskins,
6 September 1929.

Box 375

Folder 24

No. 144 - Luther Clayborn,
29 November 1929.

Box 375

Folder 25

No. 145 - John Fields,
20 February 1930.

Box 375

Folder 26

No. 146 - Elwood Payne,
19 September 1930.

Box 375

Folder 27

No. 147 - Alphonso Bellamy,
31 October 1930.

Box 375

Folder 28

No. 148 - Ollie Dawson,
3 February 1931.

Box 375

Folder 29

No. 149 - Calvin Grooms,
26 June 1931.

Box 375

Folder 30

No. 150 - Sam Pannell,
20 May 1932.

Box 375

Folder 31

No. 151 - Randolph C. Cox,
3 June 1932.

Box 375

Folder 32

No. 152 - Frank Mann,
6 October 1933.

Box 375

Folder 33

No. 153 - Robert Mais,
2 February 1935.

Box 375

Folder 34

No. 154 - William Davis (Legenza),
2 February 1935.

Box 375

Folder 35

No. 155 - Philip Jones,
11 March 1935.

Box 375

Folder 36

No. 156 - John Daugherty,
7 February 1936.

Box 375

Folder 37

No. 157 - John Shell,
21 February 1936.

Box 375

Folder 37

No. 158 - Joe Jackson,
21 February 1936.

Box 375

Folder 38

No. 159 - Isaac Frank Watson,
3 July 1936.

Box 375

Folder 39

No. 160 - Thomas Cole Hart,
24 July 1936.

Box 376

Folder 1

No. 161 - Lawrence Wyche,
20 August 1937.

Box 376

Folder 2

No. 162 - Willie Leake,
20 August 1937.

Box 376

Folder 3

No. 163 - John Winzor,
31 December 1937.

Box 376

Folder 4

No. 164 - Jasper Lee Tillman McNeill,
25 March 1938.

Box 376

Folder 5

No. 165 - James Jackson,
25 March 1938.

Box 376

Folder 6

No. 166 - Joe Martin,
8 April 1938.

Box 376

Folder 7

No. 167 - Otis Cypress,
25 November 1938.

Box 376

Folder 8

No. 168 - George W. Pingley,
25 November 1938.

Box 376

Folder 9

No. 169 - Irving Brooks,
20 January 1939.

Box 376

Folder 10

No. 170 - John Anderson,
10 February 1939.

Box 376

Folder 11

No. 171 - Harry Williams,
7 April 1939.

Box 376

Folder 12

No. 172 - Sam Swanson,
15 December 1939.

Box 376

Folder 13

No. 173 - J.C. Abdell,
5 January 1940.

Box 376

Folder 14

No. 174 - John Henry McCann,
26 January 1940.

Box 376

Folder 15

No. 175 - Willie Bradshaw,
12 April 1940.

Box 376

Folder 16

No. 176 - Wilmer Davis,
26 April 1940.

Box 376

Folder 17

No. 177 - Charlie Brown,
26 September 1941.

Box 376

Folder 18

No. 178 - Charles T. Johnson, Jr.,
16 January 1942.

Box 376

Folder 19

No. 179 - William Henry Diggs,
16 January 1942.

Box 376

Folder 20

No. 180 - Odell Waller,
2 July 1942.

Box 377

Folder 1

No. 181 - James Mooring, Jr.,
19 March 1943.

Box 377

Folder 2

No. 182 - Harry Edward Farris,
No. 182 - Harry Edward Farris.

Box 377

Folder 3

No. 183 - Raymond Woodall,
3 March 1944.

Box 377

Folder 4

No. 184 - Howard Walker,
26 May 1944.

Box 377

Folder 5

No. 185 - Thomas William Clatterbuck,
16 June 1944.

Box 377

Folder 6

No. 186 - Willie Rogers Jones,
2 February 1945.

Box 377

Folder 7

No. 187 - Holman B. Thomas,
1 March 1945.

Box 377

Folder 8

No. 188 - Raymond McDaniel,
2 March 1945.

Box 377

Folder 9

No. 189 - Mancy Christian,
1 May 1945.

Box 377

Folder 10

No. 190 - Lonnie Pearson,
3 August 1945.

Box 377

Folder 11

No. 191 - Andrew Jackson Holloman,
11 January 1946.

Box 377

Folder 12

No. 192 - Ernest Edward Fagan,
15 February 1946.

Box 377

Folder 13

No. 193 - Nelson Cross,
15 April 1.

Box 378

Folder 1

No. 194 - Thomas Edward Harrison,
20 May 1946.

Box 378

Folder 2

No. 195 - George Grissett,
21 June 1946.

Box 378

Folder 3

No. 196 - James Hough,
21 June 1946.

Box 378

Folder 4

No. 197 - Arthur Johnson,
21 June 1946.

Box 378

Folder 5

No. 198 - James Lee Fletcher,
13 September 1946.

Box 378

Folder 6

No. 199 - Robert Holland,
13 September 1946.

Box 378

Folder 7

No. 200 - Amon J. Gusler,
3 January 1947.

Box 378

Folder 8

No. 201 - Ephriam Thomas,
23 May 1947.

Box 378

Folder 9

No. 202 - William Davis,
18 July 1947.

Box 378

Folder 10

No. 203 - Buford Russell Morton,
17 October 1947.

Box 378

Folder 11

No. 204 - Raymond Laurence,
24 October 1947.

Box 378

Folder 12

No. 205 - Sam Baldwin,
23 January 1948.

Box 379

Folder 1

No. 206 - John Major Brooks,
23 April 1948.

Box 379

Folder 2

No. 207 - Johnnie Edward James,
29 October 1948.

Box 379

Folder 3

No. 208 - Alfred Rayfield,
17 November 1950.

Box 379

Folder 4

No. 209 - Ben Franklin Fuller,
8 December 1950.

Box 379

Folder 5

No. 210 - George Thomas Hailey,
2 February 1951.

Box 379

Folder 6

No. 211 - Joe Henry Hampton,
2 February 1951.

Box 379

Folder 7

No. 212 - Howard Lee Hairston,
2 February 1951.

Box 379

Folder 8

No. 213 - Booker T. Millner,
2 February 1951.

Box 379

Folder 9

No. 214 - Frank Hairston, Jr.,
2 February 1951.

Box 379

Folder 10

No. 215 - John Clabon Taylor,
5 February 1951.

Box 379

Folder 11

No. 216 - James Luther Hairston,
5 February 1951.

Box 379

Folder 12

No. 217 - Francis DeSales Grayson,
5 February 1951.

Box 380

Folder 1

No. 218 - Ulysses Jones,
13 July 1951.

Box 380

Folder 2

No. 219 - Floyd Joyner, Jr.,
12 December 1951.

Box 380

Folder 3

No. 220 - Albert Jackson, Jr.,
(25 August 1952.

Box 380

Folder 4

No. 221 - John Clay Kensinger,
26 May 1954.

Box 380

Folder 5

No. 222 - Sterling Groome,
14 October 1954.

Box 381

Folder 1

No. 223 - Alonzo Russell,
14 July 1955.

Box 381

Folder 2

No. 224 - John Lewis Gregory, Jr.,
4 June 1957.

Box 381

Folder 3

No. 225 - Lloyd Junius Dobie,
12 July 1957.

Box 381

Folder 4

No. 226 - Jeremiah McCray,
18 April 1958.

Box 381

Folder 5

No. 227 - E.J. Sherod,
6 June 1958.

Box 381

Folder 6

No. 228 - Clarence Sparrow Dabney,
21 November 1958.

Box 381

Folder 7

No. 229 - William Brown,
24 April 1959.

Box 381

Folder 8

No. 230 - Willis Dameron Boyd,
24 April 1959.

Box 382

Folder 1

No. 231 - Harry Eugene Fuller,
30 June 1960.

Box 382

Folder 2

No. 232 - Linwood Bunch,
17 February 1961.

Box 382

Folder 3

No. 233 - Grover Earl Lucas,
20 March 1961.

Box 383

Folder 1

No. 234 - Claude Leon Hart, Jr.,
17 November 1961.

Box 383

Folder 2

No. 235 - Jim Cobbs,
8 December 1961.

Box 383

Folder 3

No. 236 - Carroll L. Garland,
2 March 1962.

Box 384

Folder 1

Edward Jones, Buckingham County (26 September 1910 - stayed)

Box 384

Folder 1

John Moore - Nelson County (25 November 1910 - escaped)

Box 384

Folder 1

Harvey D. Looney - Craig County (29 November 1912 - reversed)

Box 384

Folder 1

James Canter - Washington County (11 June 1915 - reversed)

Box 384

Folder 1

George Daniels - Pittsylvania County (23 June 1931 - insane)

Box 384

Folder 1

Samuel Legions - Loudoun County (12 June 1942 - released 17 June 1943)

The Board of Directors series is housed in six (6) boxes and contains 15 volumes and is arranged into three (3) subseries.
Subseries have been designated for: A. Minutes; B. Correspondence and Reports; and C. Annual Reports. The Virginia Board
of Directors controlled and governed the Virginia Penitentiary, State Farm and other branch prisons. The five directors (three
prior to the 1902 Constitution) were appointed by the Governor. In 1942 the Virginia General Assembly created the Virginia
Department of Corrections, consolidating the administration and regulation of all penal and correctional intuitions under
one agency lead by the Commissioner of Corrections. This new department was overseen by a five member Board of Corrections.
Corrections departments were merged into the Department of Welfare and Institutions by a government reorganization act passed
by the General Assembly in 1948. In 1974 the Department of Welfare and Institutions was abolished and a new Department of
Corrections was created. This series documents the activities of the Virginia State Prison Board.

Volumes 128-142.

Series III. Subseries A. Minutes, 1874-1877, 1881-1942.

This subseries contains 15 volumes and is arranged chronologically. These records contain the minutes of the Board of Directors
of the Virginia Penitentiary (renamed State Prison Board in 1926) from 1874 to 1877 and 1881 to 1942. Information in these
records includes: committee reports, correspondence, resolutions, awarding of contracts, approval of bills and financial
information, facility improvements (including Penitentiary, State Farm and State Convict Road Force), escapes and decisions
on conditional pardons (recommended and rejected). The minutes give insight into the decision-making process and governance
of the Virginia Penitentiary and State Convict Road Force. The volumes are handwritten through August 1931 and are typed
from September 1931 to June 1942. The volumes are not indexed except where noted. The subseries also includes one volume,
Board Approval of Checks, 1906-1913.

Volume 128

20 March 1874 to 28 September 1877.

Volume 129

14 September 1881 to 25 April 1893.

Volume 130

2 May 1893 to 18 December 1900.

Volume 131

26 December 1900 to 27 July 1906.

Volume 132

30 July 1906 to 26 November 1910.

Volume 133

3 December 1910 to 5 July 1916.

Volume 134

10 July 1916 to 28 July 1919.

Volume 135

4 August 1919 to 6 February 1922.

Volume 136

13 February 1922 to 27 July 1925 (indexed).

Volume 137

3 August 1925 to 19 February 1930.

Volume 138

24 February 1930 to 18 August 1931.

Volume 139

1 September 1931 to 24 April 1934.

Volume 140

1 May 1934 to 27 September 1937.

Volume 141

4 October 1937 to 29 June 1942.

Volume 142

Board Approval of Checks, 1906-1913.

Boxes 385-388 and Oversize Box 2.

Series III. Subseries B. Correspondence and Reports, 1902-1939.

This subseries is housed in four (4) boxes and is arranged chronologically and by subject. These records contain the correspondence
of the Board and/or Clerk of the Virginia State Prison Board. Notable subjects include the establishment of a State Farm
for Women in Goochland County, 1930-1931; and the State Farm.

Correspondence regarding the State Farm for Women include: hiring of superintendent, purchasing of furnishings, (box 385, f2); selection of State Farm for Women site (b385,
f7) including petition of Goochland County property owners protesting the location of the farm (undated); various offers of
land to State Prison Board for State Farm for Women (b385, f7-f8); memorandum listing requirements for new Women's Farm, 26
May 1930 (b385, f8); and well for State Farm for Women (b386, f1). Notable documents concerning the State Farm include: applications for physician at State Farm, 1932 (b385, f3); report of R.R. Penn, Supt., State Farm, on the shooting
of Ballard Campbell, 20559, while trying to escape, 15 Feb. 1932 (b385, f3); and blueprints for hospital at State Farm, October
1933 (oversize box 2, f1).

Other records include Dept. of Health report on the water supply and sewage system at the State Industrial Farm for Women
in Goochland County, 15 Sept. 1932, 3 Nov. 1932 (b385, f3); escape reports sent by Supt. Youell, 1931-1933 (b385, f6); and
Specifications for Hall and Shop Building, Virginia State Penitentiary, 9 January 1928 (b286, f3).

Box 385

Folder 1

Correspondence,
1902, 1904, 1909, 1913 and 1917.

Box 385

Folder 2

Correspondence,
1930-1931.

Box 385

Folder 3

Correspondence,
1932-1934.

Box 385

Folder 4

Correspondence,
1937-1938 and undated.

Box 385

Folder 5

Automobile Insurance Bids,
1933.

Box 385

Folder 6

Escape Reports to Board,
1931-1933.

Box 385

Folder 7

State Farm for Women-About Property (part one),
1930-1931.

Oversize Box 2

Folder 2

Plat showing land near Beaver Dam Creek, Goochland County,
undated.

Box 385

Folder 8

State Farm for Women-About Property (part two),
1930-1931.

Oversize Box 2

Folder 2

Map of 902 acres in Powhatan County, known as "Mt. Pleasant",
1918.

Box 385

Folder 9

State Industrial Farm for Women, Goochland County (property and staff),
1930-1932.

Box 386

Folder 1

Well for State Industrial Farm for Women, Goochland County,
1931.

Box 386

Folder 2

State Industrial Farm for Women, Goochland County,
1933.

Box 386

Folder 3

Hall and Shop Building Specifications and Proposal (Carneal and Johnston),
1927.

This subseries is housed in two (2) boxes and is arranged chronologically. This subseries contains copies of the Board's
Annual Report. The reports were compiled by the Board of Directors for the Office of the Governor and include reports by the Superintendent
(Penitentiary and State Farm), Surgeon (Penitentiary and State Farm) and State Convict Road Force depending upon time period.
The reports include financial information as well as prisoner-related information and statistics. Tables accompanying the
reports often provide additional information on prisoners in the Penitentiary or related bodies (State Farm, State Convict
Road Force, etc.), including number of prisoners, socio-economic background of prisoners, list of escaped prisoners, pardons
and deaths, births in Penitentiary, and names of children in Penitentiary. Financial statements detail the costs of operating
the Penitentiary, State Farm and State Convict Road Force. Other topics include recommendations for capital improvements,
overcrowded conditions, hiring out convict labor to private companies and convict labor within the walls of the Penitentiary.
This is not a comprehensive collection of Annual Reports. Researchers will need to check the Library's card catalog for those
that are missing. The pre-Civil War reports can be found as documents within the Journal of the House of Delegates or Executive
Communications of the Speaker of the House of Delegates (see accession 36912). Annual Reports for the Penitentiary (1860s
forward) were separate publications (call number HV8366.A31).

The Office of the Superintendent series contains 19 volumes and is housed in 183 boxes and one over-size folder. It is arranged
into eight (8) subseries. Subseries have been designated for: A. Letter Books; B. General Correspondence; C. State Convict
Road Force; D. Correspondence-Office of the Governor; E. Reports and Publications; F. Guard Logs-Virginia Penitentiary; G.
Reference Books; and H. Photographs. These records include letter books, correspondence, subject files, telegrams, contracts,
reports, speeches, photographs, audio tapes, videotapes, lists and budgets. The Superintendent was the chief executive officer
of the Penitentiary and directed its internal policy and management subject to the control of the Board of Directors (post
1902 Virginia Constitution). Prior to the 1901-1902 Constitutional Convention, the Superintendent was elected by the Virginia
General Assembly to serve a two year term. In 1942 the Virginia General Assembly created the Virginia Department of Corrections,
consolidating the administration and regulation of all penal and correctional intuitions under one agency lead by the Commissioner
of Corrections. This new department was overseen by a five member Board of Corrections. Corrections departments were merged
into the Department of Welfare and Institutions by a government reorganization act passed by the General Assembly in 1948.
In 1974 the Department of Welfare and Institutions was abolished and a new Department of Corrections was created.

This series documents the work of the Superintendent's Office at the Virginia Penitentiary. Researchers should be aware that
there are significant gaps within this series. For example there are very few correspondence prior to 1908, between 1911
and 1913, 1920s, and post World War II. The bulk of the records can be found in the General Correspondence and State Convict
Road Force subseries. Topics include convict labor, penitentiary operations, prisoner escapes, paroled prisoners, prisoner
information/inquiries, prisoner discipline, clemency requests, executions, employment requests, State Farm (Goochland County),
State Industrial Farm for Woman (Goochland County), State Lime Grinding Plant and State Convict Road Force. Researchers should
also note that additional State Convict Road Force and State Lime Grinding Plant records can be found in Series V. and VI.

Volumes 143-147.

Series IV. Subseries A. Letter Books, ca. 1871-1906.

This subseries consists of five volumes of out-going correspondence of the Superintendent. Four of the volumes suffered water
damage; three volumes were conserved successfully. Due to significant water damage, the fourth volume could not be opened
or conserved.

Superintendent B.W. Lynn's correspondence are housed in four boxes and arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by subject.
Subjects include requests for convict labor from Joseph R. Anderson, The Enterprise Cooperage Works of Virginia, Goochland
County (b391, f1 and f2) and W.P. Fortune, for work on Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad, Washington County, Virginia (b391,
f3 and f4); Davis Boot and Shoe Company (employed convicts within the Penitentiary) (b391, f3); letter to Governor McKinney,
8 June 1892 accusing W.P. Fortune of mistreating convicts in Abingdon (b391, f5); letters from R.S. Haller, Penitentiary Officer,
to B.W. Lynn, dated 8 July 1892, 11 August 1892, 24 August 1892, 31 August 1892, 6 September 1892, and 12 September 1892,
describing conditions at Fortune's camp in Abingdon (b391, f6); Dr. Rolfe E. Hughes, physician at Fortune's camp in Abingdon,
1892-1893 (b392, f1); Dr. T.N.W. Morris, physician for railroad contractors Gooch and Waugh, 1892-1893 (b392, f3); and the
establishment of a State Farm, 1893-1896 (b393, f6; b394, f1 and f2).

Bushrod W. Lynn was born in Loudoun County in 1842. During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Co. H. 1st Regt. Va.
Cav., also known as the Loudoun Light Horse, and fought at the 1st Battle of Manassas. On Feb, 28, 1863, he was appointed
ordnance sergeant and ordered to report to the Richmond defenses. Lynn was assigned to Battery No. 9 in April 1863, and later
as assistant inspector of the Laboratory Dept., Richmond Arsenal. He also became assistant superintendent of the laboratory
on Sept. 21, 1864. After the war, Lynn returned to Loudoun County to work on his farm. He entered the realm of politics and
was elected Superintendent of the State Penitentiary three times serving from 1892 to 1898. He was also elected for two terms
in the 11th Senatorial District of the State Senate in 1905. Lynn married Frances Hope Allen, daughter of Russell W. Allen
of Richmond, on March 5, 1863. The couple had 4 sons and 2 daughters. His wife died in 1908 and he remarried in 1909 to Columbia
Foster Van Deventer. He died on Oct. 17, 1917 in Los Angeles, Ca. and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Superintendents' George M. Helms, Samuel M. Bolling and Evan F. Morgan, correspondence, 1898-1907, are housed in one folder
and are arranged alphabetically. Helms served as Superintendent from 1898-1904. Bolling served from 1904 until his resignation
on 4 December 1905 (Bolling was elected clerk of Bedford County circuit court). The Board elected Evan F. Morgan as Superintendent
to serve the remaining two years of Bolling's term. The Board re-elected Morgan in 1908 and he served until his death on
4 December 1909.

Evan F. Morgan was born in Brenham, Texas, about 1862. At an early age, he relocated with his family first to Botetourt County,
Virginia, then to Roanoke County, Virginia. In about 1893, he moved to Richmond to take the position of assistant superintendant
of the Virginia Penitentiary. Following the resignation of Samuel S. Bolling, Morgan was promoted to superintendent in 1905.
With wife Susie P. Morgan, he had three daughters, Laura, Julia, and Edna, and one son, Persons. Morgan died on 5 December
1909, the result of an illness contracted while visiting Seattle for the annual meeting of the American Prison Association..

Superintendent J.B. Wood's correspondence, 1910-1919, are housed in ten boxes. The correspondence are further divided by
date: B.IV.1. 1910-1911; B.IV.2. Personal Correspondence, 1911; B.IV.3. 1914-1916; B.IV.4. 1916; B.IV.5. 1916-1917; B.IV.6.
1917-1919; and B.IV.7. Personal Correspondence, 1917-1919.
Following the death of Superintendent Morgan on 4 December 1909, Assistant Superintendent Fred A. Lamb became acting superintendent
until the Board of Directors could name a permanent replacement. On 10 January 1910 the Board elected James B. Wood as Superintendent.
Wood was born on 2 April 1847 in Spotsylvania County. He later moved to Richmond where he served on the Board of Alderman.
Wood served as Superintendent until he submitted his resignation on 4 May 1922 effective 15 May 1922. The Board appointed
Wood special advisory agent for the state convict road force. Wood held this position until his death on 9 March 1929.

Boxes 399-400.

B.IV.1. 1910-1911.

Correspondence are arranged in reverse chronological order and by numbers assigned to topics; notable correspondence include:
correspondence between paroled prisoners and the Superintendent about how they are getting along (see General Correspondence:
Charles Miller, 18 August 1911; W.H. Reynolds, 8 August 1911; H.W. Herwig, 3 August 1911; Lemuel Summerall, 9 May 1911; Robert
H. Diggs, 4136, 25 April 1911; Ben Parker, 8432, 12 April 1911; Andrew Burch, 9194, 11 April 1911; Joe Perry, 6733, 31 March
1911; Howard Shelor, 9154, 24 March 1911; William Hill, 16 March 1911; Mills W. Munford, 14 February 1911; J.W. Pooser, 9115,
11 February 1911; Ross Urquart, 12 January 1911; ); correspondence from prisoners' family members inquiring about their health
and chance of parole; and correspondence inquiring about guard positions.

Box 399

Folder 2

General Files,
1910.

Box 399

Folder 3

General Files,
10 September 1911 to 1 May 1911.

Box 399

Folder 4

General Files,
28 April 1911 to 6 April 1911.

Box 399

Folder 5

General Files,
5 April 1911 to 10 March 1911.

Box 399

Folder 6

General Files,
9 March 1911 to 17 February 1911.

Box 400

Folder 1

General Files,
15 February 1911 to 6 February 1911.

Box 400

Folder 2

General Files,
3 February 1911 to 24 January 1911.

Box 400

Folder 3

General Files,
23 January 1911 to 12 January 1911.

Box 400

Folder 4

General Files,
11 January 1911 to 2 January 1911.

Box 400

Folder 5

No. 21 - [Parole],
1911.

Box 400.

B.IV.2. Personal Correspondence,1911.

Personal Correspondence are housed in one folder and contains personal correspondence to Superintendent J.B. Wood.